Vintage Keepsake Trunk

	PRIMVALENTINEMAILBOX*MAKEDO Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Valentine Offerings. Here we have a large Primitive Grungy Olde Valentine Mailbox Makedo. This would display nicely as a centerpiece on a halltree, table, bureau or as a shelf sitter. It measures 23" tall and 14"wide and 5" deep.I have created this piece in the primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. The mailbox is sewn from osnasburg and reinforced with cardboard. I then applied a black paint-wash followed by several layers of crackle medium, and then a coat of antique white paint. The crackled finish separates or is chipped away revealing the undercoat to appear as peeled paint. I then aged and rubbed the surface with an antique brown polish. An image of a Vintage Valentine Heart is adhered to both sides showing a vintage angel passing out red hearts. The flag is wrapped with an aged and torn strip of red and cream ticking. Green floral moss is scattered to resemble moss growing on the edges and Glass Glitter gives the mailbox and the flag its sparkle. The mailbox has an open front flap with three envelopes resting inside that I have hand stitched from aged osnasburg and stuffed lightly. A tiny rusty bell is attached to each and Glass Glitter is sprinkled over the tops. The words "Valentine" "Love" "Be Mine" and "Forever" are heat pressed onto the Love Letters in Script font. Sprigs of pine, red pip berries, green moss and spanish moss spill out of the opening surrounding the love letters. For the base, I have placed the mailbox onto an olde antique wooden bobbin adhered to a wooden placque that I have antiqued with black paint and rubbed with brown antique polish.A coffee-stained cheesecloth is wrapped around the top of the bobbin held with rusty bells strung onto rusty wire and a little green floral moss. The bottom of the base is sprinkled with Glass Glitter and more of the green moss. This piece has been lovingly made by me from a pattern created by Old Glory Company.This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality". Price - $44.00

PRIMVALENTINEARTDOLLValerie Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Valentine Offerings. Here we have a Primitive Folk Art Doll that I have fondly named "Valerie". This piece would display nicely handing on the wall or sitting in a chair. She measures approximately 32" tall and 12"wide. I have created Miss Valerie in the primitive fashion to give her that time-worn look. Her round head body is sewn from coffee-vanilla stained muslin with wired poseable arms, needle-sculpted fingers, pinch-stitched nose and brows. Her eyes are drawn with artist pencils and her mouth is painted rose. Chocolate brown dyed sheeps wool is needle-felted in place for her hair. I have painted on her cream shoes, sanded them and adorned them with tiny Mother of Pearl buttons. Her dress is sewn from rose and cream 1930's vintage reproduction print with a coordinating underskirt made of coffee dyed muslin. The fabric has a Victorian feel and I have trimmed the neckline and sleeves with a wide ecru French lace edging. Cotton eyelet was stained and tied into a bow at the waist center. A large vintage pearl button embellishes the dropped neckline. Her matching hair bow is sewn from the same vintage-style fabric. She carries a heart that I have sewn from muslin, paint-washed in rose acrylic, sanded, grubbied with a coffee-vanilla-cinnamon solution and sprinkled with clear German Glass Glitter for bit of sparkle. An eyelet heart cut out is stitched to the center of the heart and a rusty olde skeleton key is held in place with pink organdy ribbon tied into a bow. Rusty twisted wire forms the handle for the heart and her poseable fingers hold the heart. I have given this piece a primitive tag, aged with coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain, and topped it with a nostalgic image of a winged little cupid girl with her bow and arrow peeking out of a boquet of rose pink roses. I have lovingly made this piece using adaptations of a pattern designed by Karen Walker of Prim & Proper Folks. Price - $85.00

	PRIMVALENTINEROSESWALLPOCKET*FLORAL Here we have a set of five Primitive Grungy Olde Red Roses planted in an Eyelet Wall Pocket. This piece would display nicely as a door greeter or wall hanging anywhere in your home year round for the Rose Lover. It measures approximately 15 in tall and 9 in wide and 3 in deep. This would also make a wonderful gift that is everlasting and never withers.I have created this floral piece in the primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. The each rose is hand-stitched with layers of muslin onto a natural tree branch. I then paint-washed them in red, baked and stained them with a grungy solution of coffee-vanilla-cinnamon, baked again and dusted with cinnamon. Each rose has a set of eight leaves shaped and cut from hunter green cotton fabric and tied onto the stem, stained with a coffee-vanilla spray, baked in the oven, and dusted with cinnamon. The fabric Wall Pocket is sewn from layers of dark tea-dyed muslin, cotton batting and topped with dark tea-dyed cotton Eyelet. The back of the pocket is flat against the wall and the front is channeled and fluted into the shape of a wall sconce. A heavy twisted rusty wire forms the hanger and the red roses rest inside nestled with Spanish Moss and Green Floral Moss. I have given this gathering a primitive tag aged with the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain topped with a nostalgic print of a vintage greeting card showing a Victorian Lady and Hearts bordered with Red Glass Glitter that says To My Love.This piece has been lovingly made by me from a combination of patterns created by both Wilma's Whimsee's and Stag Lane Primitives.This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality". Price - $25.00

PRIMVALENTINEARTDOLLVanessa Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Valentine Offerings. Here we have a Primitive Folk Art Doll with a Victorian, Shabby Cottage style that I have fondly named "Vanessa". This piece would display nicely hanging on the wall or sitting in a chair. She measures approximately 30" tall and 10"wide. I have created Miss Vanessa in the primitive fashion to give her that time-worn look. Her multi-sectional round head body is sewn from coffee-vanilla stained muslin with wired poseable arms, needle-sculpted fingers, pinch-stitched nose and brows. Her eyes are painted and drawn with artist pencils and her mouth is painted rose. Chocolate brown dyed sheeps wool is needle-felted in place for her hair. I have painted on her cream shoes, sanded them and adorned them with tiny vintage Mother of Pearl buttons. Her dress is sewn from rose and cream vintage rose bud ticking print with a coordinating underskirt made of coffee-dyed gypsy rose cotton. The fabric has a Victorian feel and I have trimmed the neckline and sleeves with a wide ecru creamy French lace edging. I have created a handmade rose with varigated rose silk embroidery ribbon at the waist center. A large vintage pearl button embellishes the dropped neckline. Her matching hair bow is sewn from the same vintage-style fabric. She carries a heart that I have sewn from muslin, paint-washed in rose acrylic, sanded, grubbied with a coffee-vanilla-cinnamon solution and sprinkled with the finest ground pink German Glass Glitter for bit of sparkle. An eyelet heart cut out is stitched to the center of the heart and a rusty olde skeleton key is held in place with pink organdy ribbon tied into a bow. Rusty twisted thick wire forms the handle for the heart and her poseable fingers hold the heart. I have given this piece a primitive tag, aged with coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain, and topped it with a nostalgic image of a vintage greeting card showing a little vintage girl holding a bouquet of flowers framed with tiny pink valentine hearts that says "Valentine Greetings". I have bordered the image with clear German Glass Glitter and it is secured to her sleeve with a rusty safety pin. I have lovingly made this piece using adaptations of a pattern designed by Karen Walker of Prim & Proper Folks. This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality". Price - $85.00

	PRIMWINTERSNOWMANARTDOLL*Snow Dude Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Winter Holiday Offerings. Here we have A Primitive Folk Art Snowman that I have fondly named "Snow Dude". He would be the perfect display for your fireplace hearth or sitting on a bench or chair in your entry way. He measures 19" tall and 9" wide.I have created this piece in the primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. His multi-sectional round-head body is sewn from muslin, stuffed tightly with a weighted bottom, wired poseable arms, and stained with a coffee-vanilla solution. I have hand-stitched those wonderful uplifted eyelids onto his face and used both paints and prisma artist pencils in blue, navy, black and white for his eyes. his big smile is formed with tiny rusty tin bells that I have shaded with an umber pencil. His traditional carrot nose was sewn from muslin, paint-washed terra cotta,stained, baked, sanded and sculpted with stitches. His stove pipe hat was sewn from muslin, paint-washed in black, baked, sanded, stained with a coffee-vanilla-cinnamon solution, baked again and dusted with more cinnamon. His jumpsuit features a Debbie Mumm snowflake print in blue trimmed with natural sherpa fleece, that I have dipped in coffee-vanilla stain. Down the front of the yolk I have added a panel of stained osnasburg prim-stitched along the edges with blue floss. Two tiny rusty tin snowflakes are stitched to the panel to resemble buttons.His gloves and boots have are paint-washed black, baked, stained, baked again and dusted with cinnamon. I have used rusty tin bells to embellish his boots. He carries a large rusty tin snowflake that I have embellished with fine clear German Glass Glitter for a bit of sparkle. I have given him a Prim Tag that has been stained in the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon mixture, edged and dip-dotted with creamy paint sprinkled with clear German Glass Glitter to resemble snow.I have stamped the words "Let It Snow" in brown pigma ink.This piece has been lovingly hand-made by me from adaptations of a pattern created by Sweet Meadows Farm and adding my own embellishments.This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality". Price - $50.00

PRIMITIVEFOLK ARTSNOWBABYIce*Cream Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Winter Offerings. Here we have a Primitive Folk Art Snow Baby Art Doll that I have fondly named "Ice Cream". This piece would display nicely as a centerpiece, shelf sitter, or tucked into a rocking chair. She measures 17" tall and 9" wide. I created this piece in the primitive grungy fashion to give it that time-worn look. Ice Cream's body is sewn from muslin, weighted and stuffed with fiberfill. Her body was aged in a coffee-vanilla stain and baked. Her facial features are both hand-painted with acrylics, hand-stitched with black floss and artist pencils were used for shading, then sprayed with a matte sealer. Her separate stitched on carrot nose was sewn from muslin, paint-washed in terra cotta orange, sanded and aged with a coffee-vanilla-cinnamon solution. Her whimsical, pointed stockings are painted cream with burgundy stripes and sanded. Her dress was sewn from an antique white aged chenille bedspread for the bodice and aged Burgundy and cream flannel snowflake print for the skirt. White pom-pom trim was stained in the aging solution and sewn to the hem of her skirt. Her burgundy mittens are painted on and sanded, then embroidered with cream floss prim snowflakes. Aged sherpa fur trims the cuffs of the mittens.Creamy Mother of Pearl buttons embellish the front of the bodice across the empire gathered waist. Her coordinating bloomers are sewn from aged burgundy and cream homespun check. Her cute snow cap was sewn from stained burgundy mottled felt with straps tied in a bow under her chin and tassels at the two points of the crown. She is cozy and warm for the chilly weather. I have given her a Prim Hang Tag that has been stained in the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon mixture and stamped in brown pigma ink "Let It Snow". I have painted the edges and dip-dotted the snow drops with buttermilk paint sprinkled with fine clear German Glass Glitter to resemble snow. It is fastened to her sleeve with a rusty safety pin. This piece has been lovingly made by me from a pattern designed by Sweet Meadows Farm.This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality". Price - $40.00

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Joan

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